investest

[?n'vest]
vt.
投(資)：
to invest money in stocks
投資股票
投入，花費(時間、精力等)：
to invest a lot of time in a project
在某一項目上花費了大量時間
使獲得；授予(權力、稱號等)：
to invest somebody with full power
授予某人全權
賦予；使具有(某種特征等)；使充滿：
to be invested with mystery
使帶有神秘色彩
Goodness invests his every action.
他的每一行動都是善意的。
給…披上；覆蓋；籠罩：
Spring invests the trees with leaves.
春天給樹木披上了綠葉。
Fog invests the city.
大霧籠罩全城。
裝飾；裝點：
a turban invested with jewels
飾有寶石的穆斯林頭巾
(以正式儀式)使就職：
A king was invested by being crowned.
國王加冕后正式登基。
【軍事】包圍；圍攻：
The enemy invested
the city.
敵人包圍了那個城市。
打扮
[罕用語]給…穿衣
vi.
投資，入股(常與in連用)：
to invest in a silver mine
投資銀礦
to invest in the future
投資于未來
運用，利用(常與in連用)：
Why don't you invest in a phone call to find it out?
為什么不打個電話問個究竟呢?
[口語]買進：
to invest in a new computer
買一臺新電腦
花篇幅(常與in連用)：
The editorial invests heavily in a family planning policy.
該社論用很大篇幅闡述計劃生育政策。